Adjustable guide



y Patented oct. 2, 19281.

UNITED STATES JOHANN MRNER, or' STEFF'ISBURG, svvrrziiiniaANn`.v

ADJUSTABLE A GUIDE.

y VApplication filed November 29, 1926, Serial No. 151,391, and in vSpvrr'itzerland November 30, 1925. i

` This invention relates to improvements in adjustable guides in general, and more particularly to improvements in adjustable guides particularly adapted for use with ro-v tary saws. Y a Among the objects of the present invention it is aimed to provide an adjustable guide for cooperation with a rotary saw whereby wood can be cut with parallel sides and the distance In for the second cut parallel to the first accurately predetermined. With the guides heretofore used to cooperate with rotary saws, it has been customary to clamp the guides in place on the work bench. .i With such guides considerable difficulty has been encountered in accurately determining the location of the guides'. The accurate location of the guides was not only'necessary in order to produce the required cut, but in addition theretothe accurate location was absolutely essentialin order to protect the workmen from injury. If a parallel cut were desired, and the guide were at all inclined relative to the planeV of the rotary saw, lthe piece of wood might jam between the guide and the Y rotary saw and be engaged by the saw and.

violently swung int-o the air, with the consequent danger to the workmen in the immediate neighborhood. f

To this end the present invention aims to provide a guide particularly adapted for use 1n the production of parallel cuts by a rotary saw, which guide may readily and with facility be accurately located and thus positively insure the'workmen using such guides against injury. To this latter end, thepresent invention specifically aims to provide an adjustable guide which can be readily swung out of operative position and there anchored yin place until it is desired again to use the same, in which anchored position it is ready to be swung back into operative position and there accurately relocated ready for use.

These and other features, capabilities and advantages of the. invention will appear in the sub-joined detail description of one embodiment thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inl which Figure l is a side elevation; Fig. 2 is a plan view; Y Fig. 3 is a section on the-line 3 3 of Fig.- 2; Fig. 4 is a section on the line 1 -4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5--5 of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmental view of a portion of the driving connection.

In nthe embodiment illustrated, there is shown a rotary saw S of usual construction,

mounted to rotate about a horizontal axis adjacent to the table T, lpreferably extending from a wall W. V

l The adj ust-able guiding device now to be de Y scribed is preferably connected to the wall W and adapted to cooperate with the` table T to be supported thereby in guiding position.

Y In the present instance, the guiding dey vice is connected to the wall W by means of a shaft l journaled in the supports 2 and 8 se-l cured to the wall W. The shaft l is adapted to "slide longitudinally in said supports Q and 3, land to loscillate radially therein, the sliding of the shaft to the right permitting the guiding device to beI partly withdrawnv out of operative rela-tion'with the rotary saw S fand theoscillation of thel guiding device upwardlywith the shaft l, permittingthe guiding device to be completely wit-hdrawn out vof `o-perative relation with the saw S, so

that the sawS, if desired,may then be used.

for `other purposes not requiring the guiding device. In turn, the guiding device may also be oscillated upwardly initially and then moved to the right, there to be temporarily anchored in such upward po-sition. n n

The guiding device is especially adapted to facilitate the guiding of a piece of wood when it is desired to cut the. wood with two accurately parallel faces, spaced from one another at a. "desired predetermined distance. The Vpresent guiding device is equippedto facilitate the ready and 'accurate adjustment of the guiding device' to guide a piece of wood having one face formed, to produce a second face vparallel to the first and spaced therefrom at a predetermined distance. The present guiding deviceis fur-ther equipped to permit the ready removal orfwithdrawal of the device outv ofl operative relation withthe saw,-

and the expeditious and accurate relocationl of the guiding device frominoperative relation with the saw into operative relation. y'

The guiding device is provided .with a plated, supported with its outer` face 5 parallel to the plane of the sawVS, and with an Y adjusting devicefor accurately positioning the platea at a greater orlessdistance removed from the plane of said saw VS as may be predeterminedaccording tothe work re,- uired.v

The plate 4 isv fixed on anarm 6 having a toothed edge 7, see Fig. 6, which Aarm 6 is mounted to slide on the carrier 8 adjacent to the wall 9 of the housing 10, the' carrier 8 beingiixedly connected to the shaft 1. The upper face of the arm 6 is provided with a` Shield 11 extending. over and beyond the teeth e ofthe toothed edde vKto prevent-the collection of sawdust therein. The shield 11, see Fig. 3, extends into the recess 12 formed in the upper Awall13 of the housing 10. ,Y V

The central portion'of the upper wall 13 of the housin Ventends upwardlyjinto the cylindrical hu 14 to 'form a journal for the vertically: lextending shaft 15. The shaft f 15 is keyed to the gear 16 rotatablymounted between the lower face of the wall v13 and the 'to anchor the stud 18, the head 20 of the stud 18. resting on Vthe table T when the guiding l devlce is in operativerelation with the saw S.

v by any` suitable means, in the present in? The carrier 8 is connected to the shaft 1 stance the carrier 8 having anarm 21 clamped inthe split sleeve 22 provided with the clamping screw 23, which sleeve 22 is formed at the forward end of a rod 2i clamped inltlie Vsplit sleevev v25 provided with a clamping screw 26, andwhich split sleeve 25 is formed at the forward end of an arm 27`provided within split sleeve 28 formed atits rear', end and re. ceiiving the shaft 1 substantially at right angles to the direction ofthe 'arm 27, such sleeve 28 i'nt'urn also being provided lwith a clamping screw 29 to anchorthe shaft 1in the sleeve 28.

.From the lforegoing it will be seen that when the shaft 1v is moved to the right,tl1e guiding 'plate 4 will therewith be moved to the right and out of operative relation with theV saw S4, and that the guiding device including the guiding plate lfvinayb'e swung upwardly against the wall W, about the anis of the Sima 1 For anchoring theguidi'ng device in its left Y hand position in operative relation with the' saw S, against accidental displacement,y the journal 2 is lfireiierably'compo'sed of'a split sleeve having a -clamping screw 29 provided with the handle I30 whereby the screw 29A may with facility beactuated to clamp the shaft 1 against displacement in thel journal 2.

For conveniently and with dispatch anchoringthe guiding device in its raised position out of operative relation with the `saw the journal 3 is preferably provided with the lugs l31 on its left hand annular face to cooperate with the lugs 32 Jformed on the right hand annular face of. the col'lar 33 mounted on the shaft 1 between the journals 2 and 3, and iiXed in place by the set screw 34.

In actual. practice, when withdrawing` the guiding deviceout otoperative4 relation with the saw S, the handle 30 will Erst be turned to release the shaft V1, and the guiding device then swi'ing upwardly: andinoved to the right until the lugs 32 engage vthe lugs 31, whereby thev guiding device will be securely anchored in raised position operative relation with the Saw S. In turn, when it 1s desired again t0 use the guiding device. with the saw `S, the' saine. will iirst be moved to the lett to; disengage the lugs 3,2` from the lugs 31, and the device again swung downward until the stud head 2O engages the table fl`,and after di@ guiding devi@ has been m ved t@ di@ left t0 diedelsired. relative rosiifijenf the plat@ 4. to. .the Saw Sthen.t1i.hand1e 30 is turned' to clamp the 1 against further liwvement.

In order to adjust the plate iP tospace the Same. from. .the Planeof the, Total-vdabdi@ required, dstdnce the dear 16 ivillbe 11o.- tatjed to engage the tooihed edge of the @mi 6 t0 @dilate the plate da greater .01?, GSS

distance from the planeet the saw S.

In order to predetermine Ythe distance be; tween. the Plate. l and. .www Si there ar@ provided thefmeans newv to beY 'deserileed,VV

`Tothe upper dnninishedyend 35 of the shatt'15,`there`is keyed the hub36 ofthe A C'lal'li/ Shared downwardly 'flarnadoie 3.7 thelower peripheryl ofwhich eflxjtendsuto .the

inner face of the annular `ugaward-lv en -tend,H

ingv walll z38'"ofthe housingflOf.V "Theupper face the dome 37 is providedwith gr-aduaf tions 39, in theprese'nt instancetwelve number, and numbered tireur-1 tof 12. each graduation`39 tl1ere`is' provided aen-Ori- Ce 4.0- l l Y For rotating Ithe dome 37 and, therewith the .gear y16,the leif'eril is `provid 'ed having a handle portion' 412 extending upwardly atv'the free thereof. The lever 4'1" is provided with ya biturcatedlendj 13, 'the endls'fo'tV which are pivotally connectedmto the pin Z141 on. the bearing 45 lrotatably mounted,onA the" sleevey 16 mounted, on the upper diminished end'35 of the shaft 15.V "The'upperendoftheshait portion '35 'is screw 'tleaded to l'receive the nut 17 to engage thewasher 48 Iand anchor the bearing 15 against axial 'displacement between 'thefwash'er 118 and the shoulder'419 on the sleeve't. f' y The hand'lev41, see Fig. 5', is provided with a lateral and"downwardly extending linger 50, having an intermediate cylindrical por-j tion 51 and a taperingend portion 52.*'1v`he handle 41 is adapted to, befswu'n'g upwardly about the pin 4L1to -wi'thdraw the finger 50 from an orifice 40 and then to bje turnedfab'out the dome 37 until the orifice 40 desire'd'registersy with the finger `50, whereupon the-finger 50 is inserted in such orifice vandthe handle Y is provided with two cam faces 56 and 57 inclining upwardlyy toward one another `and spacedfrom one another by the radially extending recess 58. In practice, the cam faces 56 and 57 will extend into the path of move- `ment of the'tapered end 52 of the finger 50,

sothat when the handle4l is swung in a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction, the cam face 57 or cam face 56 respectively will be engaged and permitk the finger 50 to travel upwardly and into the recess 58 wherethe handle 4l will be anchored, such recess 58 co' operating. with-the handle'4lA to provide the fixed given. point aforementioned.

IIn order to'facilitate adjusting the arm '53 so that the graduations 39 will correspond to given distances between the plate 4 andthe planey of the saw S, a graduated block 59 is secured' to the upper face of the free end of the arm 53 adjacent tothe outer periphery of the wall 38. Such wall 38, see Fig. 4, is also' provided with a mark 60 relative to which the graduations on the block 59 may be sighted, j" I l The graduations on'the block 59 are vprovided to afford an extremely line adjustment. As an instance, if the distance of movement of the arm 6 corresponds to a lesserdistance than the distance of rotation between the two adjacent orilices 40, the arm 53 may be moved over so that any of the graduations on the block 59 other than the middle one register with the mark 60, in which case theV recess 58 will not register with the mark 60.

The extension 55 is provided with an arcuate slot 6l through which the downwardly extending pin 62 ofthe arm 53 extends. The lower end of the pin 62 is screw threadedly connected to the set screw 63, having a notched head 64 whereby the arm 53 may be locked against movement relative to the extension 55. To prevent rotation of the pin 62 andtherewith the displacement of the block 59, the portion 65 of thepin 62 which travels v in the slot 6l is preferably angular. i

The downwardly iaring outer face of the dome 37 facilitates reading the graduations thereof, and at the same time serves asa chute for the sawdust which will readily slide off such downwardly flaring face, thus to ensure the legibility of the graduations of such face.

In order to protect the gear 16 from the sawdust, the wall 13 of the housing l0 is provided witha downwardly extending wall 66 whichengages the carrier 8 to enclose the gear'16 and prevent, the sawdust from collecting in between the teeth of said gear.y

It is obvious that various changes and modilications may be made to the detailsof construction without departing fromthe general spirit of the invention as set forth in the ap; pended claims. .i v

. l. The combination with a rotary saw, of

a support, and a guide for lguiding a piece of wood during the cuttingofa parallel face by said saw and mounted lon said support,said support beinglpivotally mounted about an axis parallelto the Vpath of movement `of the saw and longitudinally:slidable relative to said saw wherebysaid guide maybe moved longitudinally relative to said saw and swung upwardly out of operative relation with said saw. v Y

2. The combination-with a rotary saw,.ofa

support, a guide for vguiding a pieceof wood during the cutting of a parallel. face by said saw and mounted on said support, said support beingpivotally mounted about an vaxis parallel to thepath of movement of the saw and longitudinally slidablerelativeto saidA saw whereby said guide may be moved longitudinally relative to said saw and swung upwardly out of operative relation with said saw, and means for temporarily anchoring the guide in said inoperative relation with said saw. l 3. The,cionibinationfwitli a rotary saw,

ing the cuttingyof va parallel face by-said saw, an arinfor.supportingsaid guide, a vertically extending shaft, a gear fixed on said'sliaft, a toothed 4edgeon said armin mesh withsaid gear, a dome fixed on said shaft and having graduations, the graduations indicating the distance of the space between the guide and the saw ,corresponding to the position of the gear, a bracket rotatably mounted on the upper ,end of said shatt which extends above and through the apex of said dome, a handle pivotally connected to said bracket, a finger on said handle, and there Vbeing a plurality of orices in said dome adapted to receive said finger whereupon the `rotation of said handle will actuate said dome in turn to actuate said gear.

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100 of a guide for guiding a piece of wood dur.-l

extends above and through, the apex of said an arm for supporting said guide, a vertical- 1 ly extending shaft, a gear fixed on said sha-ft,

a toothed edge on said arm in mesh With said gear, a dome fixed on said shaft having grad'- uations, the graduations indicating the distance of the space between the guide and the sawcerresponding to the position ofthe gear, an arm forming a fixed' given point relative to which said dome is rotated, a bracket rotatabl mounted on the upper end of said shaft wliiich extends above and through the apexof said dome, a handle pivotally connected to said bracket and adapted tooperatively connect said dome and said `earwherehy the actua/tion of said handle. wi in turn actuate said gear, said handle cooperating with said arm to anchor the dome in adjusted position, and

i means for adjusting the position ef said arm to correspond to the distances to. be deterl mined.

' mounted onlsaid shaft-'andi adapted to guide a,- pieee of Wood `during the cutting ofa parallel face' by said saw, said. shaft being slidably mounted in a path of movement of t th. parallel to the saw, a collar on said shaft, lugs on one end of saidfcollar,

and other lugs on said journaladaptedv to cooperate With the lugs on saidV collar t'oanchor said guiding device in a raised position out of operative relation to said saw.

7. The combination With a rotary saw, 0f a guide for guiding a piece of Wood during the cutting of a parallel face by said saw, a

' pivotally mounted support for saidv guide whereby said guide can be swung outof Opf erative relation to sa-id saw and' again res turned to operative rel-ation withv dispatch, said support being pivotally mounted about an axis parallel to the path of movement of the saw, and an adjustable stud on said support for supporting said support when in operative position relative to said saW 8. The combination with a rotary saw,l of a guide for guiding a piece of wood" during the cutting of a parallel' face by said'v saw, an arm for supporting said guide, a vertically extendine shaft, a gear fixed on saidr shaft,

a toothed edge on said arm in mesh Withsaid.

gear, al dome fixed on said shaft havinggradnations, the graduations indicating the disT tance of the spacebetvveen the guide andthe saw corresponding tov the position of the gear,

a handle pivotally connected tosaid bracket, a ingerensaid handle, and there being a plurality of orifices in said dome adaptedto receive said finger whereupon the rotation of -said'handle Will actuate said dome in turn to actuate said gear, said dome being cone shaped andthe upper faceV thereofV flaring downwardly to facilitate reading the graduations thereon and forming a chute to permit t-he ready'deflecting of sawdust therefrom.

JOHANN; Munita,n. 4

Va bracket rotatably'mounted onsaid shaft, 

